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' E. Y. JUDD.

I MILK JAR. No. 358,069. Patented Nov. 23, 1886.

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EDWIN Y. JUDD, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,069, dated November23, 185 36.

Application filed September 8, 1886. Serial No. 213,008. '(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,-Enwnv Y. JUDD, residing at Hartford, in the countyof Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Milk-Jars;

and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in milk-jars, the object being toprovide them with improved sealing attachments of simple, durable, andinexpensive construction, easy and rapid operation, and of a high degreeof efficiency in use. 7

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of amilk-jar embodying my invention, with the stopper in position forsealing it. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the stopper, yoke, and ringturned preparatory to unsealing the jar. Fig. 3 is a similar View withthe stopper removed from the mouth of the jar, and allowed to hang atone side. Fig. 4 is a View of the jar in transverse section on the linea a of Fig. 1, and showing the relative positions of the cam andvertical Fig. 5 is a detached View in elevation of the stopper and yoke,and Fig. 6 is a detached View in perspective of the ring.

The jar A and the neck B thereof may be of any suitable form andconstruction. Under my invention the neck B is provided with twohorizontally-inclined camslots, O C, respectively located upon itsopposite faces, with two vertical slots, D D, leading into the upperends of the cam-s1ots, and with a conical,

or cam face, E, extending. around the neck, larger in diameter at itsupper than at its lower edge, and located just above the said cam;slots.The stopper F may also be of any suitable form and construction, and isprovided upon its upper face with a lng, G, having a horizontalperforation, H, as shown.

The yoke is made of wire, and consists of a cross-piece, I, and arms J Jhaving inwardlybent endsKK, the cross-piece passing through theperforated lug of the stopper, and the bent ends of the arms enteringthe slots in the neck of the jar.

The ring L is simply a metallic band provided at opposite points withperforations M M, through which the ends K K of the yoke respectivelypass before they enter the slots.

To seal the jar the stopper is placed upon the mouth of its neck, andthe yoke and the ringpushed down to cause the ends K K of the yoke toenter the upper ends of the camslots. The stopper, yoke, and ring arethen turned to draw the stopper down upon its seat, whereby the jar issealed. To open thejar, the said stopper, yoke, and ring are turned tobring the ends K K into the upper ends of the cam-slots, and hence intoalignment with the vertical slots. The said parts are now lifted throughthe upward range of such vertical slots, whereby the stopper is so farcarried above the mouth of the jar that it will clear the same in beingswungaside, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The lifting of the ring,as described, engages it with the cam-face of the neck, by virtue ofwhich engagement it is held together with the yoke in its elevatedposition, facilitating the handling of the stopper in swinging it awayfrom and over the jar by preserving the clearance between the neck ofthe same and the stopper. The cam-slots take up or compensate fordistortion or bending of the yoke, resulting from the use of the jar,and for any inequalities or defects in the packing, which is placedbetween the stopper and its seat before sealing the jar.

The ring, aside from its function of holding the yoke in an elevatedposition, as described, protects the arms frombeing bent and pre servestheir right relations.

My improved sealing attachment is Very readily and rapidly'operated,durable and efficient in use, and capable of being cheaply made. i

Havingfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A milk -jar provided with cam -slots, a stopper, a yoke attachedthereto and entering the slots, 2. ring fitting over the neck of thejar-and having the yoke connected with it, and means located above andengaged by the ring for temporarily supporting the same in ICO I anelevated position, permitting the stopper to clear the neck of the jarin being swung away from or over the same, substantially as a cam-face,a stopper, a yoke attached thereto and entering the slots; and a ringfitting over the neck of the jar and having the arms of the yokeconnected with it, and engaging when elevated with the cam-faceof thejar, substantially as set forth.

3. A milk-jar provided with cam-slots, and with a cam-face encirclingitsneck, larger'in diameter at its upper than at its lower edge, andlocated above the said slots, a stopper, a yoke attached to the same andentering the slots, and a ring fitting over the neck of the jar andhaving the yoke connected with it, and engaging when lifted with thesaid cainface :0 of the jar, substantially as set forth.

4. A milk-jar provided with two cam-slots, respectively located onopposite sides of its neck, with two vertical slot-s respectively1eading into the upper ends of such cam-slots, and with a cam-facelocated above the cam-slots, a stopper, a yoke carrying the stopper andhaving the lower ends of its arms bent to enter the slots in thejar, andaring fitting over the neck of thejar and connected with the arms EDWINY. JUDD.

Vitnesses:

EDWARD H. ROGERS, CHAS. B. SHUMW'AY.

